Corporate Video Production in Hong Kong
Corporate films and client testimonials filmed in Hong Kong by trusted partner crews, following a plan our team writes and you approve, and edited in São Paulo. One contract, in US dollars.
Filming across Hong Kong
A Hong Kong partner crew films to the approved plan, and our team checks every shoot day.
Venue approvals, police notifications and building rules arranged before the shoot.
What we produce for Hong Kong teams
Two formats are filmed on location in Hong Kong. A corporate film presents a regional headquarters, a leadership message, a trading floor, a lab or a milestone, through interviews and footage of the work itself. A client testimonial lets your customers explain, on camera, what they needed and what changed. A Hong Kong partner crew films them at your premises, in a hired studio or at a customer’s site, following the script, interview guide and shot list our team prepares and you approve. More on corporate film production and client testimonial videos.
Many projects need no crew in Hong Kong at all. Animation, videos built with AI-generated imagery, stock footage edits and new cuts of footage you already hold are produced by our team in São Paulo, in the same formats and languages as a filmed project.
If the story rests on a real person, a real place or a real customer result, it needs a shoot. If it explains a process, a product or a regional strategy, animation or AI-generated imagery can tell it without one. Regional teams often combine the two: a leadership interview filmed in Hong Kong, with animated sequences carrying the figures for each market.
Corporate films
Client testimonials
Leadership and interview films
Animated videos
AI-assisted videos
Videos from your existing footage
Corporate films
Client testimonials
Leadership and interview films
Animated videos
AI-assisted videos
Videos from your existing footage
How a Hong Kong shoot works
One company accountable for the result, one approved plan, a Hong Kong partner crew to film it and our team in São Paulo to check every day of footage.
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Creative direction
In São Paulo, our creative team prepares the script or interview guide, the shot list and the visual references that the Hong Kong crew will work from. Each document goes to you for approval before anything is booked.
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Planning and permissions
Our production managers book the partner crew, secure each location with its owner or management company, send the police notification when the crew will film in public areas and agree the call sheet with your team. You have one contact throughout.
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Filming in Hong Kong
A crew from one of our trusted Hong Kong production partners films at your location, with their producer running the set scene by scene against the approved plan. No one travels from Brazil.
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Footage reviewed every day
At the end of each shoot day the crew uploads the footage. Hong Kong is 11 hours ahead of São Paulo, so when your day ends ours begins: we review the material in our morning and send notes before your next shoot day starts.
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Editing and post-production
Our post-production team in São Paulo handles editing, color, sound, motion graphics, captions and versions. A cut we finish in the late afternoon in Brazil is waiting for you when your morning starts in Hong Kong.
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Contract and billing
Your contract is with Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company in Miami, and invoices are in US dollars. We engage and pay the Hong Kong crew, so your procurement team sets up a single vendor.
In every Hong Kong project
A written plan you approve before the shoot, a review of every day of footage, voice-over in more than 50 languages, two rounds of revisions and a team that has worked with more than 400 clients.
Permissions, venues and typhoon season
Hong Kong does not issue a general filming permit. According to the government’s guide to filming in Hong Kong, published by the Film Promotion and Facilitation Section of the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, permission depends on the location. Filming in public areas, without exclusive use of the space, needs no permit, although crews are encouraged to notify the police. The Hong Kong Police guidelines on location filming ask for that notification three working days before the shoot, and it is free.
Private and publicly owned venues, from a tower in Central to a shopping mall or a hotel, need the owner’s permission, which normally takes 7 to 10 working days and may involve rental or processing fees, a deposit and third-party liability insurance. Government land and premises, such as country parks, public housing estates and venues run by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, need approval from the department in charge. The police guidelines add that road closures, special effects, modified firearms and anything resembling a government uniform need specific permission. Drone flights follow Civil Aviation Department rules, so mention aerial shots in the first call.
Summers are hot and humid, with heavy rain and typhoons. When a typhoon or rainstorm warning signal is raised, outdoor filming usually has to pause, so exterior scenes get a backup date; interviews filmed indoors are rarely affected.
We film across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. List every location in your request: travel time between venues decides how many fit in one shooting day.
Beagle Media in London produces KPMG’s global series Make the Difference and had set its look in earlier seasons. For the Brazilian chapter, our crew matched that look in a single day: one interview, five indoor scenes, an exterior at Praça da Liberdade and a photo session. Filmed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In Hong Kong we work the other way around: our team sets the standard in a written plan, and a local partner crew delivers it. Read the KPMG case.
The trailer is public. The full film is available on request.
Relevant work
Comparable projects, and where they were filmed
Each of these projects was made in Brazil, and each one shows the planning our Hong Kong partners receive before a shoot: a script or interview guide, a shot list and a clear standard for the image.
Two cities, one plan
AkzoNobel
Two customer testimonials for AkzoNobel’s international Colorvation campaign, recorded inside each customer’s own business, more than a thousand kilometers apart, to the same plan. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro and Pelotas, Brazil. Read the AkzoNobel case.
English on camera
Wizard by Pearson
Roughly 200 English-learning videos featuring native and advanced English speakers, shot in studios and in everyday settings such as homes, hotels and restaurants. Filmed in Brazil. Read the Wizard case.
AI-generated imagery
TOPMIND
A two-minute anniversary film for a technology company turning twenty, blending real imagery with AI-generated images, the first time our studio worked this way. Produced by our team in São Paulo. Read the TOPMIND case.
Verified reviews
What clients wrote on Clutch.
300%
more new-user visits to the Tuvis website, the result Tuvis reported in its verified Clutch review.
6M
impressions and 27,000 clicks across the Tuvis campaign, from the same review.
Source: our Clutch reviews. The figures measure the full campaign, with the video as one of its parts.
Greg Johns, a videographer at OpenText in Canada, on our corporate b-roll work: “Everyone I interact with is incredibly friendly.” Vittoria Tatavitto, Product Marketing Coordinator at Tuvis, on a project that ran from planning and casting to post-production: “The whole journey with them was exceptional.”
Languages
English, Spanish and Portuguese
Hong Kong works in Chinese and English. In the 2021 Population Census, 93.7% of residents aged five and over could speak Cantonese, 58.7% English and 54.2% Putonghua, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Our team works in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Briefing and reviews
Plans written in English
Scripts, interview guides and shot lists are prepared in English, the shared language of regional business in Hong Kong, with Spanish or Portuguese versions for stakeholders elsewhere.
On set
Cantonese and Mandarin interviews
If someone on camera prefers Cantonese or Mandarin, tell us before the shoot, so the questions, the translation and the English captions are planned around that language.
Post-production
Captions and 50+ voices
Every package includes captions, and voice-over in more than 50 languages lets one Hong Kong film reach markets across Asia and beyond.
Filmed in Hong Kong, cut for the region
In 2025, Hong Kong hosted 1,510 regional headquarters among 11,070 companies with parent companies outside the city, according to the annual survey by the Census and Statistics Department and InvestHK. A film made there is often meant for teams across Asia. Plan the versions first: which interviews get subtitles, which on-screen text changes by market, which scenes must also work vertically. Agreed before the shoot, a version costs an edit, not a new shoot day.
With our base in São Paulo, Portuguese for Brazil and Spanish for Latin America fit into the same project. See how we approach multi-market video production.
What every package includes
The six items below come with any corporate video package. Anything else is listed in your proposal before work begins.
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Long and short versions
Two long and two short versions from the same footage, for screens and presentations as well as social media.
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Horizontal and vertical
Horizontal and vertical files for presentations, websites and mobile.
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Captions
Captions on all versions, for accessibility and for sound-off viewing.
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Two revision rounds
Two rounds of revisions after the first cut; it helps to have one person gathering feedback on your side.
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Usage rights
Unlimited usage over time for films without actors, and one year of usage for films with actors.
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Music
Royalty-free licensed music is included, and an original soundtrack can be quoted as an extra.
Corporate video packages from $5,000
Hong Kong projects are quoted in US dollars, starting at $5,000 for a corporate video. Scope, schedule and price are in the proposal before any shoot date is held.
What shapes the price and the timeline
A Hong Kong proposal is shaped by the number of shooting days and venues, travel time between them, crew size, venue fees, deposits or insurance requested by owners, actors, interviews, languages, versions, animation and music. Building management rules matter as well: loading bay slots, lift bookings and permitted hours can move the crew call.
Plan on 20 to 30 calendar days from briefing to first cut for projects with a Hong Kong shoot or actors, and 15 to 20 for projects built from existing footage, stock or animation. A shoot needs at least 15 calendar days of notice, and private venue approvals alone normally take 7 to 10 working days. The two revision rounds then follow the pace of your feedback.
Regional travel shapes Hong Kong schedules: executives moving between markets, approvals that involve a headquarters elsewhere, and public holidays that differ from those in your other markets. If the film is tied to an event or a results announcement, start from that date and we plan backward.
Useful for the first call, though not needed to send a request: goal and audience, possible people on camera, venues and their rules, approvers and brand guidelines.
International brands we have worked with
After you inquire
From request to shoot day
Five steps from your first message to the shoot, with the same team throughout.
One team.
One contract.
Filmed in Hong Kong.
Edited in São Paulo.
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Reply
We review your request and usually reply within 24 hours on business days.
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20-minute call
A Google Meet call to answer your questions and understand the goal, the audience and the locations.
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Proposal
Scope, schedule, deliverables and price in US dollars, based on what we learned in the call.
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Pre-production
Script or interview guide, shoot plan and the local crew confirmed for your date, with at least 15 calendar days of notice.
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Shoot and edit
Filming at your location, then editing in São Paulo, first cut, two revision rounds and delivery.
Practical questions about filming in Hong Kong
What regional teams ask us before a Hong Kong shoot.
Do you have a team in Hong Kong?
We work with trusted Hong Kong partner crews, and we do not have staff based in Hong Kong today. The crew films to a plan our team writes, creative direction and post-production are done in São Paulo, and you contract Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company in Miami. Reach us at +1 (786) 936-6428 or hello@olivetreefilms.com.
How is a shoot run without your team on set?
With a plan complete enough to follow without us there: script or interview guide, shot list, visual references and call sheet, all approved by you. The partner crew’s producer runs the set, and we review each day’s footage in our morning in São Paulo, so notes reach the crew before the next shoot day.
Do we need a filming permit in Hong Kong?
There is no general filming permit. Public areas need no permit when the crew does not take exclusive use of the space, and a free police notification is encouraged three working days ahead. Private and publicly owned venues need the owner’s permission, normally 7 to 10 working days, and government land and premises need approval from the department that manages them.
What needs special permission when filming in Hong Kong?
According to the Hong Kong Police guidelines, road closures, special effects, modified firearms and anything that resembles a government uniform need specific permission. Drone flights follow Civil Aviation Department rules. If the film needs any of these, tell us in the first call so they are in the plan.
Can interviews be in Cantonese or Mandarin?
Yes, if you tell us before the shoot. Corporate interviews in Hong Kong are often in English; when someone prefers Cantonese or Mandarin, translation and English captions become part of the plan. Captions are included in every package, and voice-over is available in more than 50 languages.
How far ahead should we book a shoot in Hong Kong?
At least 15 calendar days before the shoot. Allow more when the film needs a private venue, where approval normally takes 7 to 10 working days, a government venue, or several executives on camera.
Request a proposal
Filmed in Hong Kong. Planned and edited by one team.
Request a proposal
Tell us about your Hong Kong project.
Six fields are all we need to begin: who you are, what you need, where and when. Budget range and project details are optional.
What happens next. We normally answer within 24 hours on business days and arrange a 20-minute Google Meet call. After it, you receive a proposal in US dollars with scope, schedule and deliverables.
Want to talk first? Call or message us on WhatsApp at +1 (786) 936-6428, or write to hello@olivetreefilms.com.